The occurrence of catastrophic earthquakes necessitates further researches in the structure engineering for retrofitting construction structures. In this paper, the application of the active control in the structures’ seismic response has been addressed. A single degree of freedom nonlinear structure has been studied. The nonlinear dynamic of the structure is considered in which, the nonlin...

In this paper the application of control theory to structural engineering has been presented from a structural engineering perspective. The objective of this paper is to summarize key steps that are required to design an active control system for a structure. Total acceleration feedback with H2/LQG controller is used in this paper. The structural control device is made of tendon/pulley system. ...

In recent years a large large amount of work on the active control of the flexible structures has been done. The concrete engineering problems that motivate this study come from very different fields: aerospace, structures, meteorology, nanotechnology, etc. An overview can be found in the book of Fuller, Elliot and Nelson [5]. The problem of active vibration control (AVC) can be set in the fram...